[BUG] memory leak in connext_dds/listeners example

System information

• RTI Product:
• Version: 7.1.0
• Operating system: Linux
• Compiler: gcc
• Compiler version: 11.0.0
• Additional information:

What is the current behavior?

Memory leak

Steps to reproduce the issue

Compile example examples/connext_dds/listeners

Run publisher and/or subscriber with option -c 2 using valgrind. A memory leak is reported.

Expected behavior

There should not be any memory leak.

Suggested solutions

The problem is that in the publisher

DataWriterListener *writer_listener = new DataWriterListener();

is never released. And in the subscriber

ParticipantListener *participant_listener = new ParticipantListener();
ReaderListener *reader_listener = new ReaderListener();
SubscriberListener *subscriber_listener = new SubscriberListener();

are never released.

Also for consistency, the sub application checks for null pointer after creating the listeners, but the pub application does not check for this. After creating the DW listener we should add the following:

    DataWriterListener *writer_listener = new DataWriterListener();
    **if (participant_listener == NULL) {
        std::cerr << "participant listener instantiation error" << std::endl;
        return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }**

Note : in the subscriber if the DR listener can not be created the application will terminate gracefully with a memory leak because the participant and the subscriber listeners are not deleted.

Start in examples/connext_dds/listeners and inspect the publisher and subscriber listener creation and termination paths. Run the example with option -c 2 under Valgrind to reproduce the reported leaks, then verify that listener allocations are released on normal and failed-creation paths and that the allocation checks are consistent.